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SBOTIONAL GHUTE FOB GOAL WAGONS. No. 656,934, Patented Mar. 24, 189.6.-

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JOHN KOLLER, OF NEXVARK, NEW' JERSEY.

SECTlONAL CHUTE FOR COAL-WAGONS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters IPatent No. 556,934, dated March24, 1896. Application filed June 18,1895. Serial No. 553,181. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN KOLLER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Sectional Coal-Chutes;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in coal-chutes adapted to becarried on a wagon, and the invention has for its primary object toprovide a chute, comprising sliding chutesections, preferablytelescopically arranged, whereby the sections of the chute can be closedupon each other or they may be extended to considerably lengthen theentire chute when in use to any desirable lengths.

My invention is especially designed to provide a sectional coal-chute,which shall be of a simple, cheap, durable and operative constructionand which can be conveniently carried on the wagon, is easily handledand is always ready for use.

To these ends the invention consists in the novel construction ofsectional chute herein set forth, its several sections being preferablytelescopically arranged, whereby one section can he made to slide overanother section, said sections being provided with suitable means toprevent bending andjamining, and also with suitable means to limit thesliding movement of the several sections one upon the other. e

The invention furthermore consists in certain other novel arrangementsand combinations of parts, such as will be hereinafter more fullydescribed, and finally embodied in the clauses of the claim.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying sheets of drawings, inwhich similar letters of reference are employed to indicatecorresponding parts.

In said views, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the body of a wagon andmy novel form of coal-chute, illustrating its use in connection with thewagon. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the coal-chute having its sectionsclosed. Fig. 3 is an end view of the same, looking in the direction ofarrow a: in Fig. 2; and Fig. 4 is a cross-section of the chute. Fig. 5is a plan View of the chute with its telescopically-arranged sectionspartly extended, and Fig. (5 is a similar view of the chute with thesections thereof extended their entire lengths. Fig. (3 is a sectionalview of one of the chutesections, illustrating more particularly an arrangelnent of strengthening the upper edges of the chutesection; andFig. 6 is a similar view of still anotherconstruction of strengtheningsaid edges. Fig. 7 is a side vicwof part of a wagon having a tiltingbody provided with a support in which I have arranged my novelconstruction of chute. Fig. 8 isa similar view of said parts illustratedin said Fig. 7, but showing the sections of the chute eX- tended whenthe wagon-body has been tilted. Fig. 9 is a bottom view of the sectionalchute with its sections extended and illustrating one manner of securingsaid support to the bottom of the body of the wagon.

Referring to said drawings, A represents my novel construction ofcoal-chute, comprising therein the sliding sections a, a, and (1?, saidsection 0,- being preferably widened at its free end a and having thedownwardly-er:- tending lugs or fingers b and Z) for securely holdingthe upper end of the chute on the edge of the tail or the side boards ofthe wagon, as will be clearly understood from an inspection of Fig. 1.The several sections are of slightly-varying widths, as will be seenfrom Figs. 3 and a, being provided with the inwardly-extending edges a,bent at right angles or approximately so to the sides a of eachchute-section, extending longitudinally the entire length of said sides,whereby the several parts of the one section embrace the parts of thesecond section and the parts of this second section embrace the parts ofthe third section, &c., and in this manner one section is made to slideupon the other, whereby the coal-chute can be entirely closed, as inFig. 2, to produce a chute of the ordinary length, or the sections canbe extended at pleasure and a chute of varying lengths can be made, asclearly illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6.

It is very essential that the inwardly-projecting edges (0* shall bemade to extend longitudinally along the entire length of the sides a ofthe several chute-sections, since when the sections are drawn out as faras possible, as indicated in Fig. 6, said edges still overlap each otherfor some distance to prevent the sagging of the sections of the chute.Furthermore, said edges serve to stiffen the chutesections and preventtheir being forced out of shape when roughly handled.

As will be seen from an inspection of Fig. 6 of the drawings, eachsection of the chute may have its inwardly extending edges a doubledupon themselves, as at a, and then bent down along the outer and upperedges of the sides (L as at a whereby a perfect and stiff "and a strongedge is the result, which cannot be forced out of shape, and thereforeforms a true guide for the sections to slide one upon the other, as willbe clearly understood. In lieu of this construction of strengtheningmeans for the edges of the sides of each section I may provide the topof the edges a with a suitable strengthening-plate g, which is bent downalong the sides a of the section in the manner of an angle-iron and canbe secured to the chute-section by means of rivets or pins g, as willbeclearly seen from Fig. 6 One of said chute-sections, as a, has securedto its sides in any well-known manner a pair of angle-irons c, which areformed with the inwardly-extending portions 0 and thedownwardly-extending parts 0 which, when the two sections a and a areextended and move one over the other, come in contact with suitableprojections d, formed on the inner sides of the section a, therebyproducing suitable stops to prevent the entire separation of the saidtwo sections.

Similar angle-irons and projections may be formed on the sections a anda of the chute to prevent the entire withdrawal or the separation ofsaid two sections, but in the drawings I have illustrated said section aprovided with a suitable cross piece or bar cl, and the section a with asimilar cross piece or bar (1 which are suitably secured to the upperedges of said sections and are brought in contact to form a stop, whensaid sections are extended their entire length, as clearly representedin Fig. 6. These cross-bars d and (I serve the additional purpose ofgreatly strengthening the sides of the sections of the chute and preventthe bending thereof when the chute is put to rough usage.

In Figs. 7, S, and 9 I have illustrated my novel construction of chuteapplied directly to the under side of the body of a wagon. In thisinstance the body of the wagon, which is capable of being tilted, hassecured thereto in any well-known manner suitable braces e,e, and e andcross-plates or bars 6 which form a suitable support in which thesectional chute A is arranged to be withdrawn therefrom in the mannerillustrated in Figs. 8 and 9, when the body of the wagon is tilted. Themiddle brace e of said support has a downwardlyextending part c topermit the passage of a downwardly-extending lug or stop a formed on theunder side at or near the end of the chute-section a, which, when thechute is slipped inwardly in its support, when not in use, limits theinward movement of the chute by bringing the same against the brace e(see Fig. 7) and limits the outward movement of the section a by comingagainst the edge of the brace 6 as shown in Figs. 8 and 9. An additionalbrace 6 provided with a screw e" and means for operating the same, issecured to the bottom of the body of .the wagon in such a manner thatwhen the sections are closed and are in their inoperative positions inthe support, as illustrated in Fig. '7, the end of the screw 6' can beplaced against a strong band f, which may be provided with a countersunkboss or enlargement f to hold the chute in place in its support andprevent the loss thereof.

From the above description it will be evident that my novel form ofsectional coalchute can be quickly adjusted in position on the wagon andmade of any desirable length to meet the requirements presented.

Of course it will be evident that changes may be made in thearrangements and com binations of the parts herein shown and describedwithout departing from the scope of my present invention, and hence I donot limit my invention to the exact arrangements and combination of suchparts as herein shown, as it will be clearly evident that the right-cngled portions'or edges a of each section, instead of being fiat, may bearched, and the base of each section, instead of being straight, asshown, may be curved, and other means from that herein shown forlimiting the sliding movement of the several chute-sections may beemployed.

In the drawings herewith presented I have shown the chute comprisingtherein three sliding sections, but it will be evident that the chutemaybe made of two or more than three sections, according to the lengthof the chute desired.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. A sectionalchute, consisting essentially, of sliding sections havinginwardly-projecting portions a extending longitudinally along the entirelength of the sides of each section, whereby said sections can be madeto slide in a telescopic manner one over the other, and means connectedwith said sections to limit the sliding movement thereof, eachchute-section having a strengthening means on said portions or, and saidstrengthening means being turned down upon the sides of thechute-sections, in the manner of an angle-iron, substantially as and forthe purposes set forth.

2. A sectional chute, consisting essentially, of sliding sections havinginwardly-projecting portions a extending longitudinally along the entirelength of the sides of each section, whereby said sections can be madeto slide in a telescopic manner one over the other, and means connectedwith said sec tions to limit the sliding movement thereof, consisting ofangle-irons, as o, and stops or projections d, each chute-section havinga strengthening means on said portions 6%, and said strengthening meansbeing turned down upon the sides of the chute-sections, in the manner ofan angle-iron, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. A coal-chute section, as (1', having the sides a and theinwardly-extending portions 60*, said portions being doubled on the topand turned down on the side a", to strengthen the sides of thechute-section, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

a. The hereindescribed sectional coaloh ute, comprising therein, thesliding sections a, a and a having inwardly-projecting portions aextending longitudinally along the entire length of the sides of eachsection,

whereby said sections can be made to slide in a telescopic manner oneover the other, angleirons c on said section a, and projections or stopscl on the section a, across-bar d on said section a and a cross-bar d onsaid section a said angle-irons c and projections d, and the cross-barsd and 62 being adapted to limit the sliding movement of said sections,each chute-section having a strengthening means on said portions or",and said strengthening means being turned down upon the sides of thechute-sections, in the manner of an angleiron, substantially as and forthe purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the invention set forth above I have hereuntoset my hand this 17th day of June, 1895.

JOHN KOLLER Witnesses:

FnnnKi O. FRAENTZEL, WM. H. CAMFIELD, Jr.

